Can-body-feeding device.



A. M. AUGENSEN. CAN BODY PBBDING DEVICE.. APPLICATION FILED MAY 13, 1912.

1,1 22,242. Patented 1m29, 1914 I l l mmmrlrmumm o IIIU . cation.

SEN, a'citizen of the 4United States, residin also prevent distortion or denting .in of the l during the transferring operation of thecan UNITED sragrs ra'rnrvrorricn.

AUGUST M. AnenNsnm or riavvzoon, rnraiiors, AssreNor. roseiiirnnr can COMPANY, F v'.N'E YGRK, N. Y., A CORPQRATIONOF NEW,YORK;

cart-nenit-freinDrive nevica,

. Specdcetioii of'iettersfatent., Patented De@ 29,.' 19-114.

vApplicationmee nay refiera. serial :s-esame To GEZ @einem it mag/concern' Beit lmoivn that I, AUGUST M. Annen in Haywood, in the countyh 'of' Cool; `an' State' of. Illinois, have invented a' newand useful Improvement in Candiody-ieeding 4 Devices, of vvhic'hfthe'following is a speeifi-y v This invention relates to improvementsfeeding devices suchas are'adapted oruse particularly with 'conveyers 'for can bodies or, similar articles.

The. object of the invention 'is to provide a simple construction Whichwill insure the y proper and timely feeding of can' bodies-or other articles astheyere transferred from4 one member to another, one ,or both of which may be moving," and which will prevent the 3am1ning' orv czlogging` of the machine, andf article'being fed. g...

Hitherto,l it hasbeen customary to have1 irrnv or rigid guard rails or guides to direct.

,themen bodies as the same are transferred from one member to another, and the 'engag fingers or lugs on-one of the can bodypropelling members oftentimes engage the can body at thevwrong 'angle and clamp or iam the oan'jbody against the'- stationary guard rails-.or guides instead of. rolling them' along said rails as is the proper.,operation,v and as will be apparent,rthis causes the can bodies JLobe-dented in or distorted and the y' true cylindrical contour thereof broken, T.vhichrenders the cans unt jfor further use, since the covers *or heads cannot loel properly applied.

havedevised a structure-wherein one or more yieldingly mounted members are used, Whichtalie' care of any abnormal conditions,-

bodies ,romoneconveyer or table to anotlier,"and'which prevents distortion vor injury to th'e can-bodies or to the machine.V

My invention furthermore consists in the improvements in thejioarts and devices and` in Athe novelv combination of parts'anddevices herein shown, described or claimed.

in theV drawing orini'ng a ypart of this pecilication, Figure 1 is a'plan view of a. tructure embodying my improvements. -Eig. is a broken side elevation, upon asomo- Khat enlarged scale, of the structuresh'own in Fig. l, and Fig. 3 isa detail view o a portion of. the device.

the dravvingsil denotes av table lor platform or frame which may' be of any` suitable construction, and over which is adapted 'to run 'an endless'conveyer-or belt .11, adapted to propel can bodiesto'; a seam-v 'l Aing machine, filling-machine or other suitable mechanism A for operating yonca'n bodies, v

and` which is providedwith .a plurality o spaced fingers or dightsy 12.* This conveyer is mountedon 'suitable sprocket; gears 13,13,

at'the ends of the bed ortable and as showin.-

Amore'clearly in Fig.' 2, a third 4sprocket Agear 14: is driven by: means o a belt or chain; l5

from 'sprocket'gear 16, mounted on the same shaft as oneo the sprocket gears V13. Mount- 'edron .the same shaft .as that on which the sprocket gear 'f1.4 is mounted is :a bevel gear 17, meshing,` with a second bevel vgear `1S', secured Vto the'lower end oi'apverticalsliaft 19, mounted in 'a supporting bracketi,

suitably supported by-meanS of bracletsf 23, 23. Secured lto the table and disposed alongside the .conveyor li are guard or guide rails 24,25, as'is'customaryjin this type of conveyer. Secured to theend of thefguard rail' 25 adjacent the tablell is a spring arm 1263, the same beingyieldinglyv held in posi- A',

\one directionby the guard' rail 24, as will lbe apparenti-rom an, inspection of Eigg; 1.

The.IsvvingingI arm 28 and spring armj are attached to each v.other by mea-neef an in verted Ushaped member-,ftheesame vbeing Acomposed of two members 29, 29,--' threaded at their upper, inner ends and adjustable relatively toeach other byqmeansv of the' `turn-buckle- 30.- vEach oithemembers 29, 29

is -also.` preferablyA mounted adjustablymin brackets 3l, 81 secured to the arms 281 and 2li.A 'By means ofthe turnlbuclde arrange:

ment, the1 distance v.between the arms 26 and .ivhicl'i vis adjustably secured;-l to vthe bed or frame lO. lKeyed vto theupper end c the'. shaft 19,' in anysuitable mannenis a rotar table table vor disk 21 'on' which `the' 'can 'bodiesor-other articles may be placed either byvhand or l'edthereonto by meansvo'f a suitable conveyor/(not shown); Extending' faround one side ofthe rotatable' tableQl is acurvedguide or guard 22, the 'samer.bein, 2;-

28 may be varied to accommodatecan-bodies or .otlle'rarticles of different vWidths, and the Ush'aped member mayalso be adjusted vertically in\ accordance with the .heightslof the can bodies being fed. The can bodies, after being fed onto the table 21- will be guided into the passageway formed between the arms 26, 28, and will then be engaged by the fingers or flights l2 of the conveyer and pushed or propelled thereb alongl the top of the table or bed l0 to t e seaming machine A. Hitherto, Where the armor guide 26 has been made or formed of a 'rigid con struction, the fingers 12in engaging the can i bodies-oftentimes engage the can bodies at such an angle that they press the canbody' directly against the arm or guide instead of causing the can bodles to roll, and this results in serious damage to the can bodies,`

since it distorts and dents them in. But by providing yieldingly mounted arms when the fingers 12'engage the can bodies at an improper angle, the guide rail lyields and allows the linger to pass by the can body and immediately thereafter the spring 27 will cause the arm 26 and the swinging arm 28, which moves in unison therewith, to push the can in proper position to be engaged by the succeeding finger on the conveyer 11.

It will be apparent to those skilled in the art that my improvements are not limited to f awstructure in which a rotatable table is used in connection with an endless conveyer,

but that the improvements may be-applied .on other forms of feeding mechanisms withtion, and all changes and variations are contemplated as fall withinthe scope' of the claims appended hereto.

I claim l. In a feeding device of the classdescribed, in combination, aA conveyer adapted to propel can bodies and thelike, a rotatable ltable arranged to hold the can bodies in conveyer, and a guide for directing the artis cles being fed from the table to the conveyer, said guide comprising two spaced. members movablei in unison, one of said members being pivotally mounted and thetable arranged to hold 'the can bodies in indefinite relation to the said propelling conveyer, and a guide for directing the articles being fed from the table to. the con-l veyer, saidv guide comprising two spaced members movable in unison, one of said members being pivotally mounted. and the other having its -free end yieldingly controlled, and means forl dj'usting the dis- .tance between the two members.

f v3. In a feeding device of the class de .6,5` scribed, in combination. aconveyer adapted jacent the conve to propel can bodies'- and-the like along av horizontaltrack, a table rotatable in a horizontal plane, and arranged to holdthe can a. table adjacent thereto, arranged to holdr the can bodies in indenite relation to the said A'propelling conveyer, and means for guiding articles from one to the other, said means including a pair of spaced members movable'inA unison and adapted to have'an loscillating movement, and one of said members being yieldingly controlled.

5.,In a feeding device ofthe class described,in combination, a movable member adapted to propel can' bodies and the like,

a table adjacent thereto arranged to hold the can bodies in indefinite relation to the said propelling conveyer, and means for guiding articles being fed from the table to be engaged by the propelling member,- said means including, a yieldingly mounted guideway locatedV adjacent the movable member and through which the articles pass, substantially as specified.

In a feeding device of the class described, in combination, two movable elements, one of which is adapted to propel' can bodies and the like, and the other of which is arranged to hold the can bodies in indefiniterelation to the first movable ele- 'ment,and means for guiding the articles'- being fed from one of said elements to the other, said means comprising two guide arms, one of which has a spring arm. 'indefinite relation to the sald propelling 7. In a feeding device of the class described, in combination, a movable member adapted to propel can bodies and the like, a supporting table adjacent thereto arranged to hold the can bodies in indefinite .relation to the said propelling conveyer, and means vfor guiding the articles being fed from one to the other comprising a pivotally mounted armand a spring arm. l 8. In a feeding ldevice ofthe class de# scribed. in combination, a movablefmember adapted to propel can bodiesand the like,-

a supporting table adjacent thereto arranged to hold the can bodies in indefinite relation to the said vpropelling conveyer, and means for guiding the articles being fed from one tothe other 'comprisinga pivotally mounted arm and a spring arm, said arms being movable inunison.

' scribed, in combination, anendless conveyer 'provlded with a plurality of spaced fingers adapted to propel can-bodies and the like.. a 

